Browse Items (77903 total)

Report on the purchase of land in Nkwatia and Obo. The Nkwatia land purchase went through smoothly in the end - the key stratagem on the part of the missionaries seems to have been to send Kwabi to a meeting of all the Kwahu chiefs and ask them the…

En route for Abetifi on their return to the coast they met some of Apeo be injured in the Akim troubles – including Joseph Bosompom, who had worked for Werner in Abetifi. On their return to Abetifi the Abetifihene came to greet them in state (without…

Reporting a rumour from Kumasi that not only has Kwaku Dua died of small-pox, but Owusu Koko has accused Karikari of being the cause of this and as a result he has been executed.

Requests £29 to cover the expenses of his journey to Salaga - including £ 25 for carriers.

Another annex to Kwabi’s report. This is written from Aburi - Ramseyer is grieved that Dilger does not write to him as his superior, and to find out about the Agogo expedition. He (Ramseyer) was forced to write direct to Kwabi and enquire why he has…

A stations-conference protocol dated 19th July in fact, over the settling of a catechist in Bompata. This has been agreed in principle the only thing to be decided is when. This conference was about the estimates of expenditure in land-purchase and…

Almost entirely concerned with summarising letters received from Prince Ansah. Letter dated 31st July from Ansah: Asante ambassadors arrived on 28th Aug in Cape Coast en route for Accra. They were from the great princes Mampong, Nsuta, Kokofu,…

On the news brought by Kumawu ambassadors to Abetifi. Describes Kumawu as a small Asante province one day's journey west of Agogo, with the two main towns Kumawu and Bodumase. The messengers arrived on 15th August. Their report and requests were: A…

Concerned with two problems which arose during the Praetorius visit. He and Dilger are now quite at unity and Ramseyer wishes he had never written the letter which he did about their differences. And the community have asked forgiveness for the…

Appealing to the Committee for cover for a debt he has in is personal account. The circumstances leading to it include expenditure of £9 which in fact went on the Mpraeso house at a time when the Committee in Basel were holding expenditure down to…

His report of the expedition to Basel. This appears not to have been printed in more than a summary form. The expedition consisted of Ramseyer, Asante, Ofori, and Samuel Gyebi, church elder from Larteh, who made the journey at his own expense…

Include short notes announcing respectively their arrival in Kumasi, and their arrival in Abetifi in their return, with the Asante refusal to entertain a mission tout court.

Thanks the Committee for the suggestion that he should make a second visit to Kumasi. Most of the letter is taken up with a comment on the Committee's warning that it appeared that Ramseyer was not altogether welcome in Kumasi on account of his role…

Further comments on the question of a Kumasi mission – mainly based on a letter he has received from Prince Ansah, informing him that several approaches have been made recently from Kumasi to the Wesleyans to settle in Kumasi once more. He does not…

The letter is a footnote to Mohr's report on the visit, No 237 below). The under-chief who had visited David Asante with news of the Asantehene’s requests for a missionary was a Kumasi sub-chief, end he had attended services regularly while staying…

A short letter reporting their arrival in Kumasi, and a friendly and magnificent reception. Explains tout court their decision to make the journey in view of the Asantehene’s wish to have missionaries in his capital, They hope to see the Asantehene…

They are apparently able to sit under the shadow of their vine.

Repeating the arguments for proceeding from Abetifi to Kumasi vis-à-vis Anum. Abetifi is nearer, and in 6-8 hours you find yourself in the thickly populated area Asante Akim from where it is a short journey to Juaben There is also some discussion of…

Concerning the proposed settlement at Kumasi. Recites the reasons for this step which he set out in the commentary to his proposal (No 243 above). His forecasts concerning the future trend of Kwahu politics is still written in a positive way – ‘it is…

Reporting his presence in Aburi and the fact that for several months they had heard in Abetifi rumours that the Asantes were buying up arms and ammunition - he mentions Snyder rifles specifically - but that at the moment when letters come to him from…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2